CLOUD TRANSFORMATION
ANKUR RASTOGI
TITLE : GROUP HEAD – IT APPLICATION MANAGEMENT , TRANSITION & CLOUD MIGRATION ; SENIOR DIRECTOR
COMPANY : LUFTHANSA GROUP
“ In simple terms , it means that any new solution that we buy or build has to be cloud native . We are not going to invest in products that are designed for legacy environments .”
Central cloud team As part of his responsibilities , Rastogi heads Lufthansa ’ s group-wide central cloud team , which is responsible for creating , maintaining , and updating the organisation ’ s cloud strategy . Lufthansa Group ’ s cloud transformation was not just about migrating one application from an on-prem data centre to the cloud , he explains .
EXECUTIVE BIO
Ankur Rastogi completed his
Engineering in electronics and communication and MBA with specialisation in Information Management . He comes with 20 + years of strong international and multi-cultural experience in IT and management consulting across different domains and regions ( Europe , India , and Africa ). He has handled a variety of leadership roles across different disciplines in global organisations like Lufthansa , Oracle , HP Enterprises , and QS Advisory .
In his current role at Lufthansa Group , he is the Group-wide process owner for IT Transition and Operations responsible for processes , platforms , partners and practices around IT test and quality management , and application management . As part of Lufthansa ’ s digital transformation initiatives , he is heading the Central Cloud team , which is responsible for cloud adoption and migration of the entire application portfolio to cloud across the Group .